Today is The National Holiday of Spain or Hispanic Day, is the national day of Spain. It is held annually on October 12 and is a national holiday which commemorates the exact date of 1492 when Christopher Columbus first set a foot in the Americas.
The discovery of America was momentous for the country embarking on a projection period culturally in America. All this happened at a time where he was completing the process of building the state today, with the integration of the various peninsular kingdoms into a single kingdom.
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Similar holidays, celebrated as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, Discovery Day in The Bahamas, Día de la Hispanidad in Spain, Discoverer's Day in Hawaii, and the newly-renamed (as of 2002) Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela, commemorate the same event.
Happy day to everybody around the world.
A todos aquellos que hoy celebramos por todo el mundo el dia de la Hispanidad: Feliz dia.
